aafigure(1)
NAME
aafigure - convert ASCII art to an image
SYNOPSIS
aafigure [option...] [input-file]
aafigure {-h | --help | --version}
DESCRIPTION
aafigure is an ASCII art to image converter.
ASCII art figures can be parsed and output as SVG, PNG, PDF and more.
OPTIONS
The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (--). Mandatory or optional arguments
to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding
short options.
- -o, --output=file
- Write output to file rather than to the standard output.
- -t, --type=format
- Use the provided output format. By default, output format is
inferred from the output file name extension. - The following formats are supported: SVG, PDF, PNG and any file
format supported by Python Imaging Library. - -D, --debug
- Enable debug outputs.
- -T, --textual
- Disable horizontal fill detection.
- -s, --scale=scale
- Use the specified scale.
- -a, --aspect=aspect
- Use the specified aspect ratio.
- -l, --line-width=width
- For SVG output format, use the specified line width.
- --poportional
- Use a proportional font rather than a fixed-width font.
- -f, --foreground=#rrggbb
- Use the specified foreground color. The default is black (#000000).
- -x, --fill=#rrggbb
- Use the specified fill color. The default is the foreground color.
- -b, --background=#rrggbb
- Use the specified background color. The default is white (#ffffff).
- -O, --option=extra-options
- Pass special options to backends. (For expert users only.)
- -h, --help
- Display help and exit.
- --version
- Display version information and exit.
AUTHOR
- Jakub Wilk <ubanus@users.sf.net>
- Wrote this manpage for the Debian system.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009 Jakub Wilk
This manual page was written for the Debian system (and may be used by
others).
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2, as
published by the Free Software Foundation.
- On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
Version 2 can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.